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Revision as of 03:49, January 11, 2023
Note: This page is work-in-progress.
Digital ID refers to a collection of recent approaches to solving the trust problem between 2 entities ( 2 persons, computing devices or services).
Background
Trust Problem
Fundamentally, trust is brokered through a 3rd party, in one form or another. Young children often are introduced to each other by a chain of trust of 3rd party entities which is one or more adults present.
Identification
To drive a car, a driver's licence (A physical object provided by a trusted 3rd party bearing that vouches for the person present) is required to be present on the person.
E-Commerce
Ecommerce evolved to need trust established at multiple levels of protocol, from TLS certificates to Multi-factor authentication (more needed on MFA etc).
(more needed on history, developments, who are the primary sources and more.).
Centralization
As computer workgroups evolved to need scalability, so directory services and centralization of authentication mechanisms and access controls.
Virtualization
Businesses were put under new highs of pressure during the pandemic years and there is